get me every time每次都戳中我

把決鬥的勝負歸給罪孽，一句臺詞既是電影對白也是判詞。

It is not X but Y that ...

要點明真正原因不在表面時用；日常隨口說會顯得太戲劇化。

It isn't your rival, but your own history that beat you. ／ What undid you was never my sword.

literary

not my sword 輕挫，but your past 抬起，disarmed 落重。

It is not the market but your own habits that sank the shop. 拖垮這家店的不是市場，而是你自己的習慣。

三無排比後接一個比喻，把查案的無力和對手的神秘一起說盡。

No A, no B, no C. X is like a ghost.

形容對手查無蹤跡時用；寫正式報告要換成中性說法。

No trace, no prints, nothing. He may as well be a ghost. ／ The scene gave us absolutely nothing to work with.

口語

三個 no 平均重讀，like a ghost 連讀放輕。

No error log, no crash, no clue. The bug is like a ghost. 沒有報錯，沒有崩潰，毫無線索。這個 bug 像個幽靈。

不炫耀資歷，只把資歷換算成一句結論，老手的口氣全在裡面。

When you've been at this as long as I have, you ...

用經驗下判斷時用；對剛入行的人說會顯得倚老賣老。

After this many years, you stop trusting luck. ／ Experience teaches you that nothing here is random.

中性

as long as I've been 連成一氣，coincidence 落重收尾。

When you're at this as long as I've been, you stop trusting quick fixes. 幹這行幹到我這份上，你就不再信什麼速效辦法了。

兩個 cared about 拉開對立，把角色的選擇一句話判完。

He cared more about X than he did about Y.

要點破價值排序、指出誰被辜負時用；當事人在場說會很重。

He valued revenge over her. ／ She came second to what he wanted most.

中性

more about 加重，than he did about her 放慢壓低。

He cared more about the promotion than he did about his health. 他比起健康，更在乎那次晉升。

用一個生理小動作當測謊儀，比任何指控都具體可信。

X blinks when X does something X knows is false.

觀察別人撒謊習慣時用；當著對方的面說等於拆穿。

She always gives herself away when the story is fake. ／ He touches his ear whenever he is lying.

中性

blinks 重讀，she knows is false 一帶而過不留縫。

He laughs too loudly when he tells a story he knows is false. 他講自己明知是假的事時，笑聲特別大。

一句悼詞裡沒有一個哀字，sorely 一壓，惋惜與客套都在。

You will be sorely missed.

告別同事、故人時用；對關係一般的人說會顯得客套過頭。

You'll be greatly missed. ／ We will miss you more than words can say.

正式

sorely 重讀，missed 收得輕而穩。

After twenty years here, you will be sorely missed. 在這兒幹了二十年，你會讓我們非常想念。